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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 514C.21 MORATORIUM ON MANDATED
1 2 HEALTH OR MEDICAL EXPENSE COVERAGES.
1 3 1. A policy or contract providing for third-party payment
1 4 or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall not be
1 5 required to include coverage for specific health or medical
1 6 expense benefits other than those required under Code 2003 or
1 7 Code Supplement 2003, or pursuant to other provision of law in
1 8 effect on June 30, 2004.
1 9 2. This section shall not be construed to prohibit any
1 10 policy or contract providing for third-party payment or
1 11 prepayment of health or medical expenses from including
1 12 expanded coverage for specific health or medical expense
1 13 benefits in addition to the coverage that is required by law
1 14 or to prohibit an individual or employer from electing to
1 15 receive expanded coverage in addition to the coverage that is
1 16 required by law.
1 17 3. This section shall not be construed to require a
1 18 purchaser of a policy or contract providing for third-party
1 19 payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses to
1 20 purchase a health benefit plan that contains coverage for all
1 21 specific health or medical expense benefits required by law.
1 22 4. A policy or contract providing for third-party payment
1 23 or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall not require,
1 24 as a condition of the sale of the policy or contract, that the
1 25 purchaser choose coverage that does not include coverage for
1 26 all specific health or medical expense benefits required by
1 27 law.
1 28 5. This section applies to any policy or contract
1 29 providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or
1 30 medical expenses that is delivered, issued for delivery,
1 31 continued, or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 2004.
1 32 EXPLANATION
1 33 This bill creates a moratorium on new mandated health or
1 34 medical expense benefits coverage. The bill provides that a
1 35 policy or contract providing for third-party payment or
2 1 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall not be required
2 2 to include coverage for specific health or medical expense
2 3 benefits other than those required under Code 2003 or Code
2 4 Supplement 2003, or pursuant to other provision of law in
2 5 effect on June 30, 2004.
2 6 The bill provides that the bill shall not be construed to
2 7 prohibit any such policy or contract from including expanded
2 8 coverage beyond what is mandated by law or to prohibit an
2 9 individual or employer from electing to receive such expanded
2 10 coverage.
2 11 The bill also provides that its provisions shall not be
2 12 construed to require a purchaser of such a policy or contract
2 13 to purchase a health benefit plan that includes coverage for
2 14 all specific health or medical expense benefits required by
2 15 law.
2 16 The bill also provides that such a policy or contract shall
2 17 not require, as a condition of the sale of the policy or
2 18 contract, that the purchaser choose coverage that does not
2 19 include all coverage that is specifically mandated by law.
2 20 The bill provides that its provisions apply to any such
2 21 policy or contract that is delivered, issued for delivery,
2 22 continued, or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 2004.
2 23 LSB 5641YH 80
2 24 av/pj/5
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